priority=(p1)
public
Sets the priority of thr to integer. Higher-priority threads will run more frequently than lower-priority threads (but lower-priority threads can also run).
This is just hint for Ruby thread scheduler. It may be ignored on some platform.
count1 = count2 = 0 a = Thread.new do loop { count1 += 1 } end a.priority = -1 b = Thread.new do loop { count2 += 1 } end b.priority = -2 sleep 1 #=> 1 count1 #=> 622504 count2 #=> 5832